Day Fifteen

Friday was kind of lazy. I made my way to Cinema 12 to watch Despicable Me in 3D. It was a very cute movie aside from the gaggle of kids that came in right as the previews started and left and returned noisily multiple times during the movie... sigh.

For dinner, I stopped by Pizz'a Chicago and spent the night watching movies so I wouldn't stay up *too* late. Tomorrow is Santa Cruz!

Reviews
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Pizz'a Chicago
Pizza
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So, like most of the world, I love pizza. This place had some glowing reviews so I stopped in. It was that in-between time of roughly 4p: the lunch crowd was gone and the after-work and dinner crowd hadn't gotten there yet. The decor certainly played homage to Chicago and gave me something to look at while waiting for the waitress to return. Homemade lemonade in mason jars--there really is nothing better.

I grabbed an appetizer sampler for my actual 'lunch' meal. The pesto cheese bread was absolutely amazing, like eating scrumptious pasta with your hands. The stuffed mushrooms were nicely baked, not burned, but had a lovely crusting on the top and the mushrooms themselves were just barely wrinkled. I was worried about the curry sauce that they place on them but had nothing to fear, it was extremely mild and almost tasted, to my lame tastebuds, like a mixture of mayo and mustard with some extra spices. The buffalo wings were what worried me the most, however. I hate spicy foods and my last encounter with wings had me in tears. The sauce actually was quite flavorful and the spice was there, but mild enough that I could actually enjoy the wings.

I ordered a calzone to take home for dinner. The basic calzone has mozzarella cheese and sauce; you get to add up to four toppings to have stuffed in their as well. Now, I must say, their topping selection is HUGE. It took me a while to decide, but my choices for the evening were grilled chicken, roasted garlic, black olives, and smoked gouda cheese. Now, cheese has not been agreeing with my stomach lately, but there was no way I was going to pass on smoked gouda.

I didn't have my calzone until later that evening. Pretty much imagine a small pizza folded in half and that was the size of it. By then everything was cool but I actually love cold pizza more than reheated so into my belly it went! Well, half of it. The thing is huge! The flavors I chose blended well together with the garlic giving it a bit of crunch and the smoked flavor of the gouda permeating everything. Mmm... I set the other half in a baggie in the fridge for another night's leftovers, I was way too stuffed!

I'll be going back again to try their pizza, but this place was great. It's a bit more pricey than something like Pizza Hut but it's so worth it. If you have your Downtown Discover Card, you'll get 15% off of your bill!